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APPLIOATION FILED MAY 31, 1912.

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HENRIETTA KATQP ARKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Application filedMay 31, 1912. Serial No. 700,670.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it 1 known that I, HENRIETTA KATE PARKE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a residentof Chicago, in the county of Cook aIidaState ofIllinois, have invented a new and Improved Window-Cleaner, of whichclear, and exact description.

My invention relates to window cleaners,

and it has for its object to provide one with.

a base and inner and outer standards hinged thereto, so that the basemay be disposed on a window sill, and the standards may be erected tovertical positions one at the outside and the other at the inner side oithe window, cleaner members being provided,

which are mounted on guides for travelingon the standards, the guidesbeing supported by means for moving the two guides simultaneously, and'in the same directmn.

Additional ob ects of the invent-ion will appear in the followingcomplete specification in which the preferred form of the inj vent-ionis disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of refcrence indicate correspondingparts in all the views, in which Figure 1 is a transverse sectional viewof a window frame showing the sashes, and my window cleaner; Fig. 2 isaview similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but on a larger scale; Fig. 3 isa horizontal sectional view of Fig. 2; Figs. 4 and 5 are views showing asocket 'mefnbcr provided for supporting horizontal rods in which thestandards may be detachably secured; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary viewshowing how the standards may be moved on their hinges relatively to thebase; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the plate for carrying thepulleys at the bottom of the device.

As my window cleaner is constructed both sides of the window may becleaned at the side of the-window frame will move simul-' .taneouslyland in the same direction with the cleaner member at the iimer side ofthe window tram. It will therefore be seen that the operaior may confinehis attention to the cleaning of the inside of the glass inside of whichthere is and as the device is operated ing' inwardly, there are outsideof the glass will be cleaned auto matically by the operation of thedevice. The device is provided with means for using cleaning andpolishing members of ditlerent types to meet all conditions. I

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a base 5 is provided,to the inner hinged a block '6, and to the outer side of which there ishinged a block 7. o the block 6 thereis secured a standard 8, which ispreferably provided in sections 8", so that the standard 8 may beextended as may be desired. These sections 8 are held in positionrelatively to each other by set screws 8?. To the block 7, there issecured a similar standard 9, which is also constructed of sections 9?,which telescope, the sections being held relatively to each other byset-screws 9 The block 7 has a. forwardly extending portion 7 to whichis secured standard 10 being constructed of telescopic sections 10 Theupper sections of the standards 9 and 10 are securedto a horizontalmember 11, which holds them spaced from each other, this horizontalmember 11 having an extended hook 12. The standard 8 also has anextending member 13, with a hook 14. The base 5 is constructed so thatit may be supported on a window sill 15, and it is provided with innerrollers 16, for traveling on the window sill, and also with outerrollers 17, these outer rollers 17 being adapted to travel on the windowsill, and being disposed lower than the rollers 16, when required, sothat when the window sill 15 slants downwardly and outwardly, the

base member 5 zontal position.

Secured to the sides of the window-frame there are socket members 38,these socket members'38 each having two arms 19, which are spaced apart,each of these arms 19 havwill be disposed in a hori- Patented May 6,1913.

an additional standard 10, this inga recess 18, so that when the rods20, A

which are provided are supported in the recesses 18, they may be engagedby the hook 14 on the inner standards, and the hook 12 on the outer.standards, so that the upper ends of the standards will be held inposiwindow frame.

and 7, and extendmembers 21, which are adapted to engage the bottom ofthewindow sash, and hold the base 5,and the standtion, and relatively tothe Secured to the blocks 6 .ards 8, 9 and 10, in position relativelythere to. These members-21, which are secured to the blocks 6 and 7, arefree to move with the blocks 6 and 7, on the hinges '6 and 7, by "whichmeans the blocks 6 and 7 are connected with the base 5, these blocks 6and 7 being adapted tomove and carry with them the standards and themembers 21,50 that the device may be readily adjusted in position, withthe standards 9' and 10 at the outer sides of the window sash, and withthe standard 8 on the inner side of the window sash. To the member 13,there is secured a pulley 22, and to the member'll there is secured apulley 23.

As will best be seen by referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings the base 5is preferably con! structed in two sections 5', which are spaced apart,so that. the pulleys 24 and 25, which are-supported .on ,a plate 26, maybe dis posed in the space betweeii the base members 5, when the block 6and its standard 8 are disposed in an upright position. This plate 26 issecured to the block 6. The pulley 25 is journaled in the bearings 26 ofthe depending flanges 26 of the plate 26, and the pulley 24 is journaledin the bearings 26 of the ii'pwardly'extending flanges 26 of the saidplate 26.

As will best be seen by referring to Fig. 2'

of the drawings, the axis of the pulley 25 is disposed below thehorizontal plane of the axis of the pulley 24.

Mountedon a plate 26, which is secured to the block 7, there are two 28,the axis of the pulley 27 eing disposed below the horizontal plane ofthe axis of the pulley 28. The pulleys 27 and 28 are'journaled inbearings and flanges which correspond with the bearings 26 and 26, andthe flanges 26 and 26 which have been 'described.

The cleaner members 29 and 30, which may be of any desired material andconstruction, are supported by clips 31, which are secured to guides 32and 33, the guide 32 traveling on the standard 8, and the uide 33traveling on the standard 10. I pre er to provide each of thesestandards with two clips, one disposed at. each side of each guide. Theclips hayegripping members 31, which may be pressed together'to open theclips, and to permitthe removal of a worn cleaning member, and thesubstitution of a new one.

Secured to the guide 32, and disposed between the clips 31, there is ahandle 34, by which the guide 32 maybe raised or lowered, the guidecarrying the cleaning member 29 by means of the clip 31, as will bereadily understood. Secured to the top of the guide 32, there is a cord35, which cord 35 is dis-- posed over the pulley 22. and in thedirection of the pulley 23. then down under the pulley 24 and across tothe pulley 28 under which it is dispo the cord 35 extending ulleys 27and upward to the guide 33. to the bottom of whicbit is secured. At thetop of the guide posed up and'around the pulley .23, in a direction awayfrom the pulley 22, this cord 36 then extending down and under the-pulleys 27 and 25, and up to the guide 32, to

seen that when the guide '32 and with it the clips 31, and the cleaningmember 29, are

and as t is cord is drawn up at the standard 8, it will move the guide33 upward on the standard 10, so that, at all times, the guide 33will bedisposed opposite the guide 32. It will therefore be possible for theoperator to clean the inside and the outside of the windowsimultaneously and when the the window. hewill automatically clean thecleaner 30, carried. by the clips on the guide 33, will be atall timesopposite the cleaner 29, carried by the clips on the-guide 32. As "thecords 35 and 36, where they extend between the pulleys 24 and 25, and 27and 28, are disposed in the spacebetw'een the base members 5, it will bepossible to clpse the window sash 37, down against the said base members5", when the device is'being operated, .thus preventing the lowering ofthe temperature within the house. The two arms 19 on each of the socketmembers 38, are provided so that the rods 20 may be disposed on theinner arms on each of these socket members 38, when the glass n thelower sash is being cleaned. and when the lass in the upper sash is tobe cleaned the rods 20 may be disposedin the outer recesses 18, so as tomove the device outwardly, and in position to clean the glass in theupper sash, the. plane of which is disposed at the members 21, thesehooks 39 normally engagin pins 40, onone of the base members 5, to oldthe members 21, the bl0Cl (S 6 and 7, and the standards in uprightposition.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

leys spaced apart, two sets of'lower pulleys, two cleaner members spacedapart, a cord secured toone of the cleaner members, the cord beingdisposed upward and over one of the upper pulley members, the, cord thenextending down and under one pfill-ey in each set of the lower pulleys,the cord then extending up and being secured to the other cleanermember, a second cord secured to the last-mentioned cleaner member, andextending up and over the other upper pulley, the second cord thenextending down and under the other lower pulleys, one in each 33 thereis secured a cord 36, which is dis outside of the same window pane, forthe.

which'it is secured. It will therefore be moved upward, it will draw upthe cord 36,

operator goes over thoroughly the inside of outer side of the plane of.the glass in they lower sash. Hooks 39 are pivoted to the 1. In a windowcleaner, .two upper pulset and up to a point where it is secured to thefirst-mentioned cleaner member.

2. In a window cleaner, a base, two standards hinged relatively to thebase, two upper pulleys, one secured to each standard, two sets of lowerpulleys, one set secured relatively to the bottom of each standard,guides disposed-for sliding on the standards, cleaner members carried bythe guides, a cord secured to one of the cleaner members, the cord beingdisposed upward and over one of the upper pulley members, the cord thenextending down and under one pulley in each set of the lowerpulleys, thecord then extending up and being secured to the other cleaner member, asecond cord secured to the last-mentioned cleaner member, and extendingup and over the other upper pulley, the second cord then extending downand under the other lower pulleys, one in each set and up to a pointwhere it is secured to the first-mentioned cleaner member.

3.111 a window cleaner, a base, two stand-- ards hinged at one set ofends relatively to the base, and at points spaced apart, guides fortraveling on the standards, cleaners carried by the guides, memberssecured to move with the standards extending in the direction of eachother and adapted to en age the opposite sides of a window sash; andmeans extending from one standard to the other at their hinged ends foroperating the guides simultaneously.

4. In a window cleaner, a base, standards hinged relatively to the base,pulleys secured to the standards, guides for traveling n the standards,cleaner members carried by the guides, and flexible means disposedaround the pulleys, the flexible means being secured to the guides foroperating the device.

5. In a window cleaner, a base, standards hinged relatively to the baseat one set of ends, pulleys spaced from the hinges and secured to thestandards, additional pulleys adjacent the hinges, guides for travelingon the standards, cleaners carried by the guides, and flexible meansdisposed over the first-mentioncd pulleys, the flexible means beingsecured to the guides and extending under the second-mentioned pulleysand from one standard to the other.

6. In a window cleaner a base, standards mounted on the base at one setof'ends, pulleys secured to the standards and spaced from the said setof ends, additional pulleys adjacent the hinges, guides for traveling onthe standards, cleaners carried by the guides, and flexible meansdisposed over the first-mentioned pulleys, the flexible means beingsecured to the guides and extending under the second ment-ioned pulleysand from one standard to the other.

7. In a window cleaner a base, standards mounted on the base at theirlower ends, pulleys secured to the standards at points spaced from thesaid ends, additional pulleys adjacent the'hinges, guides mounted on thestandards, clips secured to the guides carrying cleaning members, andflexible means disposed over the first-mentioned pulleys, the flexiblemeans being secured to the guides, and extending under thesecondmentioned pulleys and from one standard to the other.

8. In a window cleaner a base, two standards mounted on the base, one atthe inner secured to the guides and extending from one standard totheothcr, and rollers on the base for traveling on a window $111.

9. In a window cleaner a base, two stand ards mounted on the base, oneat theinner and the other at the 'outer'end of the base, pulleys securedadjacent the standards, guide members for traveling on the standards,cleaner members supported by the guide members, flexible means disposedaround the pulleys, the flexible means being secured to the guides andextending from one standard to the other, and rollers on the base'fortraveling on a window sill, hooks on the standards, and rods, which,when held in place relatively to the window frame, permit the engagementof the hooks therewith, and hold the standards in place relatively tothewindow frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRIETTA KATE PARKE.

WVitnesses:

FRANKLIN. N. WOOD, WILLARD S. HYDE.

